The latest trailer for Black Adam should stir excitement among comic book fans for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s highly anticipated DC debut. Published courtesy of Warner Bros. pictures, Black Adam will introduce the action movie superstar as the antihero Black Adam, with Johnson for a while now teasing that the hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about the change. You can check out the new trailer for Black Adam below.
Dwayne Johnson has been signing up to play Black Adam since 2007, with the actor determined to play the antihero for a while longer. And that while expanding his own Black Adam universe. “I am 100% committed to not only Black Adam, but also expanding the Black Adam universe, the DC universe,” he said recently. “I am an optimist of the word ‘Go’. So for me and for all of us here, all universes exist in our heads.”
He went on to assure fans that he will listen to what they want to see. “I will, we all will, work very hard to make sure we honor the mythology, but also give the fans what they want. I hear the fans, all of us, and I pick up whatever they put down. It’s not coming because of me, it’s not because of these guys [producer Hiram Garcia, producer Beau Flynn, director Jaume Collet-Serra]. This is the beginning, hopefully, fingers crossed, of a very long narrative road that Black Adam is now the anchoring jet fuel that will push and push this universe.”
Black Adam finally makes his big screen debut in October
Black Adam will see Dwayne Johnson starring as Teth-Adam AKA Black Adam, an antihero from Kahndaq imprisoned for 5,000 years. After throwing off the shackles of slavery, Teth-Adam is chosen by the sorcerer Shazam to harness the powers of the ancient Egyptian gods. S for the stamina of Shu, H for the speed of Horus, A for the strength of Amun, Z for the wisdom of Zehuti, A for the strength of Aten and M for the courage of Mehen, Black Adam becomes the superhero’s nemesis Shazam and his super-powered family.
In addition to Johnson’s title character, Black Adam will introduce the public to the Justice Society of America. A superhero team consisting of Aldis Hodge as Carter Hall, aka Hawkman, Noah Centineo as Albert “Al” Rothstein, aka Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Maxine Hunkel, aka Cyclone, and Pierce Brosnan as Kent Nelson, aka as Doctor Fate, the JSA will try to convince Black Adam to join them and use his powers for good. Unfortunately for them, it looks like Black Adam will have his own ideas about how best to divide truth, justice, and all that other stuff.
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, Written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, Black Adam also stars Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Mohammed Amer, Viola Davis, James Cusati-Moyer and Uli Latukefu.
Black Adam is scheduled for release in the United States on October 21, 2022 by Warner Bros. Pictures.